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Agora is a computer network which allows users to communicate intimately without ever meeting or knowing each other's real identity. That is, until a psychopath killer computer expert finds a way of accessing personal details and embarks on picking his victims one by one.

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Finch's Sugarland was lauded for its "plot, introspection...and disturbing insight" (LJ 9/1/91). F2F (i.e., "face to face") tells of a murderer who stalks an online community.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The title got me curious, the opening got me hooked. I could not put this book down, even tho I had to, a couple of times. I wanted to tell all my friends about it...I frequent a chat room and a bulletin board so, because I wanted the people there to find out about this book, and thinking it would be a fun way of doing it, on 6/7/97 I posted the whole prologue (except for the last line), on one of the boards (there are nine rooms there) under the heading "A Warning", then posted a second bulletin under the heading "Reactions?" (which is the last line of the prologue) and in the body of the message I wrote: ..and so begins the new novel by Phillip Finch, entitled "f2f"...Anyone who uses a computer, a chat room and a bulletin board will really appreciated it... And on both of those bulletins, I used the name "Snowflake".. (Gee, I hope Mr. Finch is not going to sue me for that?)Well, they sat there for a week and no response ! So I posted the same thing in another room and another week went by without any response. So I tried to wake the people up by posting under one of my own handles: "Has anyone clicked on the posts by Snowflake?"...again, no response ! Two nights ago (6/27/97) I reposted the whole thing all over in another room. Yesterday, one response: "Got up on the wrong side of the bed?"... Maybe there will be more! I tried to get in this morning: the server is down!!!!!!!!Please tell Mr. Finch I really wanted to pass this book around but I was not very successful ! Personally, I loved it ! Best story I've read in a long time... As to the threat, would it work in real life? Did not seem to shake up those people where I post...

If you are into great thrillers that you simply cannot put down then this is the book for you. The writing style of Finch is easy yet at the same time draws readers in like the proverbial spiders web for the fly - and he leaves you wanting more. Characters are well described as well as being believable and likeable (with the exception of the killer!) Readers will find that they simply cannot put the book down as they are lured into a world where anything and everything is possible through the touch of a finger on a keyboard. The reason why this book dosen't score the perfect 10/10 is that it is a tad unbelievable in parts. However do not let this deter you from reading as I belive that this new author has a better standard of writing that some of the so callled 'star' writers who have been around so long that they have become stale. I am looking forward to more work from this fresh writer

Better than tape! Once you log on the Net...anyone can find you! April 19, 2001 My father handed me this book becasue I was a "computer guy" and he thought I might enjoy it. (He would have given it 3 stars at most); but being as I am in computers...and you can do everything that is done in this book....I enjoyed it. Anyone who uses a computer, a chat room and a bulletin board will really appreciated it. The deaths are a little more gruesome than is required...but once you get pass that, the book keeps your attention.It starts slow and picks up with every page. I could not put it down. I finished it on one day! This book is a thriller even up to the last page. A must read.... this is a thoroughly entertaining novel.Note: I now turn off my computer at night.

Today lives are incomplete without computers, but now lives arethreatened because of them. An intellect who abuses the power of technologyto kill the ones who don't take him seriously. An unremorseful stalker who makes death a game with his victims, but he doesn't know that someone is watching him. This novel quickly illustrates how vulnerable people make themselves towards others via the modem. Just when you thought an alias and a change in a few expressions could hide your identity, your trapped in a game, and the killer is the programmer. Thrilling, captivating and contemporary. A must read to those suspense types that will most likely think twice before sharing personal information over the computer.

My father handed me this book becasue I was a "computer guy" and he thought I might enjoy it. (He would have given it 3 stars at most); but being as I am in computers...and you can do everything that is done in this book....I enjoyed it. Anyone who uses a computer, a chat room and a bulletin board will really appreciated it. The deaths are a little more gruesome than is required...but once you get pass that, the book keeps your attention.It starts slow and picks up with every page. I could not put it down. I finished it on one day! This book is a thriller even up to the last page. A must read.... this is a thoroughly entertaining novel.Note: I now turn off my computer at night.

Halfway through this book (borrowed it from the library) I was set to give up on it. I thought the two murders were grotesque and gratuitous and the prose was a little too quiet for my tastes; then, when one of the characters stumbles on the existence of the murderer, the thing took off and I couldn't put it down. But then the ending happened: flat, nothing; I wanted more, a confrontation, dialogue between the villain and the characters. The ending was so abrupt. It's a maddening book. An entertaining read, yet devoid of style or craftmanship. Since I enjoyed it, I have to recommend it. It just could have been better.